Echinococcus spp Flashcards
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Granulosus
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small egg like taenia spp zoonotic indirect life cycle larval stage called hydatid small intestine definitive host is dogs and cats hard to find on fecal float or tape intermediate host is livestock and humans hydatid cyst liver and lungs
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Multilocularis
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small egg like taenia spp zoonotic indirect life cycle larval stage called hydatid small intestine definitive host is dogs and cats hard to find on fecal float or tape intermediate host rodents and humans alveolar hydatid cysts liver with metastasis to other organs
